Originally Posted by
divrdrew
The old NW used to fly DTW-NRT-MNL...was actually a very nice service in J, given the angle flat seats at the time. Flew it with my wife all in the upper decks and had a great set of flights in J. I'd imagine that DL would route through ICN if restarting MNL.
True, but they also had ~8 flights on big planes from the US to NRT, which connected nicely with MNL, HKG, PEK, SEL, SHA, and BKK (am I forgetting any?).
Now that DL has abandoned NRT (for logical reasons), the TYO connection idea is a nonstarter (i.e. they won't get intra-Asia slots at HND and other airlines are now capable of providing nonstop service to the US).
United has a shot and a prayer at serving BKK, SGN, KUL from SFO, but the idea of flying to any of those places from SEA makes zero sense. Furthermore, I'm betting that UA's SFO-MNL will not be around for long (i.e. PR will price it low enough to force UA to cut losses).